Theming Volto

without SemanticUI:

is it possible?

Nicola Zambello

Nicola Zambello

Frontend developer @ RedTurtle

Volto Team member @ Plone

@nicolazambello

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A bit of history 

RedTurtle and PA

In the history of web

RedTurtle and PA

AGID 2017

RedTurtle and PA

AGID 2019

AGID and PA

Reusable and customizable themes for PA websites

AGID and PA

Reusable and customizable themes for PA websites

Bootstrap-based kit

React kit implementation

Let's break it down

We want to adopt Volto

We have to include Bootstrap

We have SemanticUI in Volto

The scenario:

Try... catch...

Try harder

Me solving conflicts:

A cheap sane approach

How's the dealio?

A new theme: pastanaga-cms-ui

Load only the CSS needed for Volto admin UI

  • cms-ui for management interfaces
  • public-ui for end-user/public facing views

plone/volto#970

How can I use it?

- import 'semantic-ui-less/semantic.less';
+ import '@plone/volto/../theme/themes/pastanaga-cms-ui/extras/cms-ui.semantic.less';
import '@plone/volto/../theme/themes/pastanaga/extras/extras.less'

+ // Import your site styles, i.e.:
+ import '../theme/site.scss';

In your

src/theme.js

How can I use it?

- @container   : 'pastanaga';
+ @container   : 'pastanaga-cms-ui';

And in your

theme.config

What about sass?

Add to your workspace

razzle-plugin-scss

What about sass?

const volto_config = require(`${voltoPath}/razzle.config`);

module.exports = Object.assign({}, volto_config, {
  modify: (config, { target, dev }, webpack) => {
    ...
  },
  plugins: [
    {
      name: 'scss',
      options: {
        sass: {
          dev: {
            outputStyle: 'expanded',
            sourceMap: true,
            includePaths: ['node_modules'],
          },
          prod: {
            outputStyle: 'expanded',
            sourceMap: true,
            includePaths: ['node_modules'],
          }
        },
      },
    },
  ],
});

Adapt your 

razzle.config.js

Normalize base styles

body.cms-ui {
  .public-ui {
    font-size: 18px;
    font-weight: 300;
  }
}

and wrap your components with

.public-ui

Let's go back to the original problem

AGID and PA

Building a product

Base common package

Building a product

Base common package

github.com/RedTurtle/design-volto-theme

Building a product

Base common package

New intermediate layer for SemanticUI

Building a product

New intermediate layer for SemanticUI

pastanaga

design-volto-theme

Site

Building a product

Base common package

New intermediate layer for SemanticUI

New config layer for razzle/customizations

Template for actual projects

Building a product

Template for actual projects

Project template:

design-volto-kit

Yeoman generator:

create-italia-volto-app

Comune di Modena

Comune di Reggio Emilia

So the meaning of life is having fun

̶  Linus Torvalds

Thank you!

̶

Theming Volto without SemanticUI: is it possible?

By Nicola Zambello

Theming Volto without SemanticUI: is it possible?

We will walk through the process of building a product for Italian Public Administrations using a bootstrap-based theme. I'm presenting io-comune, RedTurtle's first product based on Volto and the strategies we used. We will see the possibilities in Volto for theming without SemanticUI, using bootstrap and sass and what are the next ideas we could work on. https://2020.ploneconf.org/talks/theming-volto-without-semanticui

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